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Number of Diseases Eligible for Medical Aid Would Increase to Over 300 Under New Proposal
The Subcommittee on Measures against Refractory Diseases of the Health Sciences Council’s Committee on Diseases (chairman: Ichiro Kanazawa, president of International University of Health and Welfare Graduate School) discussed basic criteria for the selection of diseases eligible for medical aid…
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